On 20 October 2010 04:08, Peter Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > There's currently a very out of date openjdk development version package here: > > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14671 > > It's also currently orphaned and doesn't build any more. However, there's > quite a lot of information in there and though it would probably normally be > deleted for being very out of date, orphaned and no longer building on a > current system, I don't want to delete it due to the work that's obviously > gone into it. This would probably have to be redone if and when someone wanted > an openjdk development package. > > It should be probably renamed openjdk-dev and given some love... does anyone > who knows more about building Java fancy taking it under their wing? > Otherwise, I suppose that we can just leave it orphaned for such a time as > someone does...
I don't see what's so special about this to keep. It implies partiality and that's not good. We have openjdk6 for reference if anyone wants to maintain a similar package. But, IMO.
